Category: Readers
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And about the New Secret Writing Course…
I discovered there were two essential lessons I left out. So I wrote them. And now THEY’RE done. Now I’m contemplating some sort of bonus for the course, but in the meantime, I’m going to be setting up the new classroom with the lessons, and getting everything ready to make the course available to students.…
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Finished Lesson 8 of the new (name withheld) Fiction Writing Course
Got over 2000 words today. I am pushing hard on this class, and looking forward to: A) Finishing all the lessons… and B) Putting the class on sale I needed to get some distance from the Ohio novels, so I can read back through the books I already have, and take a look at a…
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YESTERDAY’s work… finished Lesson 5 of the new Big Writing Course…
Got my fiction first TODAY — had to toss a bit of the most recent scene, came in with new words, and even came out a bit ahead. Came out with a net gain of 148 words. Not what I’d hoped for, but I’m glad to be getting fiction. And the RETHINK part of the…
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The Secret Big Course For Writers and DAY ONE: 4769 words
Yeah, I went big today. BIG IN A LOT OF WAYS. Have spent the last few weeks after getting my fiction words secretly outlining this Fiction-Writing Big Course, and building out my lesson blanks for the class. Today I wrote Secret Writing Class Lesson One, and got all the words for it (at least in…
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To quote Meatloaf, “Some days it don’t come easy…”
It is a Monday. I’m trying to be objective by keeping that in mind. Mondays can be a bit tricky sometimes, and this was one of those. So… I got words… They fit, they moved the story forward, they let me build out the obstacle my characters are facing, and I genuinely like what I…
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A truly solid writing day today…
I am grateful for days like this one, when there’s a cool breeze blowing in the back window while I write, where I can heard birds singing and the leaves of maples and oaks rustling. Days like this feed the fiction, because the fictionalized town is a magical version of this town, and the sounds…
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Today it was the Joy of Words
I love writing in my fantasy small-town Ohio world. Because while part of it is absolutely deep fantasy with really good magic, part of it is my house, and my street, and my little town right here… And I love my house, and my street, and my little town, and the folks who live here.…
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Ohio 4: Not the best word-count… 268, and 13,224 total on the first draft
Not every writing day is great. Some days, you find places in your read-through (the thing before the new words) that won’t stand as is… and you pull out the bits that went in a direction you’ve discovered you do not wish to pursue, and you put in new words. And you get a NET…
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The Mystery Deepens… Ohio 4 and Important People Lying
Some days, writing is like flying — it’s effortless, and exciting, and maybe a bit scary and windy, especially when the ground seems a long, long way down. But these are the days when you have to pull yourself away from the words when all you want to do is keep going. I managed to…